Will New York State ever pass the budget that was due more than a month ago? And how is New York City supposed to work out its own budget, which it’s legally required to balance and pass by the end of June, without knowing how much money the state is providing? Podcast hosts Christina Greer, Katie […]
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Who Will Represent Mamdani at the MTA? He Has Less Than a Month to Decide.
There are two vacancies among the four seats the mayor gets to fill on the transit authority’s board.
Posted inHousing
Landlords in Fatal Fire Racked Up More Than 1,000 Violations Across NYC
The city housing department has repeatedly sued the owners of a Manhattan building where three people died in a blaze last week, alleging “immediately hazardous” conditions at properties in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.
Posted inPodcasts
LISTEN: From the Pale of Settlement to Occupy Wall Street, With Molly Crabapple
Lit NYC, the podcast all about the ABCs of arts, books and culture in New York City, debuts as its own show with writer and artist Molly Crabapple discussing her new book, “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund,” how her New York City family history led her to […]
Posted inEducation
Hochul Intends to Opt Into Federal Tax Credit in Win for Private School Choice
New York could be the second Democrat-led state to join the scholarship program, which represents a major federal expansion of school choice.
Posted inHousing
Rent Freeze No Sure Thing in First Vote By Mamdani-Majority Board
The new mayor appointed six of the Rent Guidelines Board’s nine members.
Posted inLabor
Support Cracks for Bill Banning 24-Hour Home Care Shifts
Shahana Hanif, a leading progressive and the chair of the City Council’s disability committee, withdrew her support for the contentious “No More 24” bill.
Posted inEducation
Staggering Racial Gap in NYC Private School Tuition Payments for Special Ed
Nearly 71% of students who won tuition payments last school year were white, a population that makes up 12.5% of students with disabilities.
Posted inAlbany
Deal or No Deal? Confusion Over Hochul’s $268 Billion Budget
The governor said the new state budget includes money for universal childcare, police on the subways — and a “pied-à-terre” tax on the apartments of wealthy non-residents.
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99-Apartment Building Boom Makes 99 Problems for NYC Housing Crisis
A new tax break for developers has spurred a rash of buildings with exactly the same number of apartments — and no more.